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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Los Angeles or Toronto?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Los Angeles for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’s own page.

Choose Toronto for

  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Los Angeles 60, Toronto 34: Los Angeles leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Toronto 70: Los Angeles leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Toronto 50: Los Angeles leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Toronto 62: Los Angeles leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Toronto 52: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Toronto 50: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Toronto 74: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Toronto 66: Los Angeles leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Toronto 72: Los Angeles leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Toronto 33: Los Angeles leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Toronto.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation106 m76 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesToronto
City population3,898,7472,794,356
People per km²2,9944,434
Museums within 10 km3932
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.